Mike Miller poses at the North Elba Show Grounds during the Lake Placid Horse Show June 27, 2018. For 30 years, he had dedicated two weeks of vacation time to directing traffic and parking during the event. (News photo — Griffin Kelly)

LAKE PLACID — In June 2018, Lake Placid News Staff Writer Griffin Kelly interviewed Mike Miller, who had been taking a two-week vacation — every year since 1988 — in order to volunteer for the Lake Placid Horse Shows. The horse shows were canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.